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prisoners in Javanese prisons, Eijkman managed to find the cure. Using the findings of Eijkman’s study, scientists were able to isolate a nutrient called thiamin, also known as vitamin B1. Eijkman had, [...] he had one son, Pieter Hendrik. For researching the disease, he used chickens in his experiments, injecting some of them with bacteria thought to cause beriberi, while leaving others un- treated. He [...] the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 2 Biography: Christiaan Eijkman Storytelling Teaching Model: http://

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dioxide than the other at rest, which means that the person at work uses more oxygen in respiration and dur- ing the combustion process”, said Lavoisier in such a manner as if Marie-Anne was one of the best [...] animal, or which was found latent in solid bodies. The heat was used to melt down ice, and the amount of water originating from the process was, in turn, equivalent to the amount of heat originating [...] the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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• Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and respiration

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• Democritus and the atoms

. Much like he did with the three states of matter, Democritus used the concept of atoms to explain the differences in what we taste and see. According to his theory, large, rounded atoms gave a sweet [...] also impressed by the ample scientific method that Democritus had used. With the fall of Greek civilization, the theory of atomism did not develop further for a long time. Democritus’ ideas were forgotten [...] the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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.“(Lavoisier 1794, xxiii) Remarkably, Lavoisier is already using the term ‘atom’, even though he is not using an atomic theory. However, this notion of element that gets evident in this quotation [...] more complex. Despite this criticism, the stoichiometric laws were used by chemists, and some of them used fractional numbers to express the ratio of masses – indi- cating that there was no inseparable [...] discussions amongst the chem- ists who accepted the atom as a useful hypoth- esis, the physicists started to use the atom as a real object with explanatory power. Particular- ly the developing science

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• Dalton and the atoms

description of Dalton’s atomic theory, the methodology which Dalton used to explain his theory, how science is developed,…) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………… [...] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… Activity 7 Using the list of ideas that describe the characteristics of science and the ways it develops, try to locate and write these ideas in the [...] the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there in.

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.“(Lavoisier 1794, xxiii) Remarkably, Lavoisier is already using the term ‘atom’, even though he is not using an atomic theory. However, this notion of element that gets evident in this quotation [...] more complex. Despite this criticism, the stoichiometric laws were used by chemists, and some of them used fractional numbers to express the ratio of masses – indi- cating that there was no inseparable [...] discussions amongst the chem- ists who accepted the atom as a useful hypoth- esis, the physicists started to use the atom as a real object with explanatory power. Particular- ly the developing science

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